issue with getting video source from javascript

Question

I am trying to get sources of videos through javascript. The code below is working fine. However it only works for one video only, if I was to add the same code for multiple videos, none of the videos work. I am using video.js as the main player for videos.

html:

<source id="01" src="" type='video/mp4'/>

JavaScript:

document.getElementById("01").src="link";

@millhouse i have the id's as example like vd1, vd2 and so on — imdummy not
– imdummy not, Commented May 12, 2015 at 4:54
the error i get is src not found when using video js but if i was to add just one line of code document.getElementById("vid1").src="link"; it works fine. All videos are on different pages but i'm trying to use javascript to get the sources since the sources changes very often. — imdummy not
– imdummy not, Commented May 12, 2015 at 4:59

Carlos2W · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-12 05:08:52Z

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You absolutely need to reload the video after changing the Source. I give you an exemple with jQuery

var video = document.getElementById("01");
$(video).attr('src', "newlink.mp4");
video.load();

But you can achieve it without jquery

var video = document.getElementById("01");
video.src= "newlink.mp4";
video.load();

answered May 12, 2015 at 5:08

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imdummy not Over a year ago

thanks for helping i'm trying to use custom flash player it's seems like it's the flash player issue i tried the locally on html page within html5 it works fine but when using it on external javascript it doesn't do anything thanks for helping again.

Broonix · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-22 15:50:03Z

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You have to use the videojs API to change the source:

videojs('YOUR_PLAYER_ID').src("/path/to/newlink.mp4")

This will work for flash and HTML5

answered May 22, 2015 at 15:50

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